MP’s largest and oldest national park, Kanha was where National Geographic’s award-winning documentary ‘Land of the Tigers’, was shot. While tiger sightings are common, the probability is not as high as in nearby Bandhavgarh. Besides the tiger, Kanha is home to numerous leopards, deer and antelopes. The park is also home to large herds of barasingha or swamp deer that were close to extinction about 20 years ago. Years of strict conservation efforts have also ensured that Kanha is one of the best maintained national parks in the country. Tall sal and bamboo forests are interspersed with grassy meadows where sighting blackbuck, chital, sambar and barasingha are common.